kpu121265 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 See below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 No need for apologies... excellent pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8 bubba Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 mmm just love half tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Great pics,............just love the black n white ones......... Cheers for sharing. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I'm often curious to note how people will spend a fortune restoring their pride 'n' joy then in a moment of madness thrash it through a solution of saltwater, sewage and sand... a kind of WD40 in reverse!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 It wasn't a moment of madness, it was a deliberate and planned event, so that we could send some pictures over to some veterans in the US. I can always restore them again if i need to. If the Diamond T had been able to make the turn to get on to Omaha beach that day, and i hadn't been 2 drivers down, i would have had all 5 thundering down the beach. That's what they were built for - be a shame if they lived all their lives behind glass screens and converted to battery power to reduce pollution. A bit of salt water and sand won't kill them - they were hosed down afterwards and 'greased' out. As an aside, i do get through a fair bit of WD40 as well.... Seeing the obvious pleasure it brought to those 29th Div veterans we met on the beach made it all worthwhile. If you've not got fed up with looking at them, i'll post some more images.... You're never far away from a breakdown - condensor went on the GMC on the beach.... And the day before, the front pipe came away from it's flange - had to weld it back. Later the Dimoand T fried it's front battery and the downpipe gasket went on the Halftrack - and finally, the jeep stopped charging..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 See below Hi kpu - stunning pictures - where were the pictures of you all taken in that courtyard/building setting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Great picture too of the guy sat on Omaha, on a halftrack on his BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 The guy sat on the half track on his blackberry was/is me, sending some images over to the US (and adding to the fuel log)..... There is another one of me being propped up by the Diamond T doing the same thing. The pictures taken in the courtyard, are at our place out there, about 8 miles south of Bayeux on the St Lo Road. In one of the earlier photos, there's me, Adam (primary volunteer driver) and No1 Son - desparate to be driver. He drives everything Dodge, Jeep, GMCs, Diamond T, halftrack around in the field, but he's 3 years off being on the road..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Just realised which Ken you are! The GMC door delivery man!!! Just pm'd you re. Diamond T spares. Regards, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wonderful photo's .... Their your vehicles you earner the right to play with them as you want , As you said the Vets enjoyed it and isn't that the point of all the long hours or stress and strain to get to Normandy and let them run on the beach just a little bit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 I am 'The GMC Door Delivery Man' Tony, nice to speak to you again, if only in cyberspace. Thierry and his pals came over to join us one afternoon, and we met up again on Omaha beach the following day. Curiously, he had another closed cab GMC door in the back of their truck which was on it's way somewhere..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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